My invitation to the coward who calls himself Guerrilla Surgeon
In journalism, reputation is everything.
This tech millionaire went from covid trial funder to misinformation superspreader
After boosting unproven covid drugs and campaigning against vaccines, Steve Kirsch was abandoned by his team of scientific advisers—and left out of a job.
What to expect from Volodymyr Zelensky’s address to the New Zealand Parliament
The underlying message is always simple: thank you for all the help you have given Ukraine so far – but please do more.
Why no royal commission on the Whakaari disaster?
What distinguishes Whakaari from the other disasters mentioned above is the potential harm to the image of the New Zealand tourist industry.
Inflation: Are We Out Of The Woods Yet?
We’re clearly not yet in a situation where the Reserve Bank can afford to ease up on the steady increase in interest rates which the Bank has projected.
New Zealand’s social cohesion is being torn apart
The Government’s continued assertion of “He waka eke noa” (We are all in this together) started to wear very thin in 2021 with the arrival of the Delta and then Omicron variants of Covid.
Worlds of Journalism Study shows concerning trend, but without free speech there is no free press
Who gets to define what mis/disinformation is, and its consequences, however, are trickier matters.
A win for free speech: hate speech laws are a fool's errand that make things worse
The fact of the matter is hate speech laws (even if they’re just extending protected classes by one group) make things worse.
The Most Pertinent Question
Like the legislation outlawing semi-automatic weapons, the protection of religious communities from verbal incitement to inflict serious bodily harm would likely have passed through Parliament swiftly and with a minimum of debate.
Why don't we call off the climate emergency?
The UN has shocked the climate change community by announcing on the eve of COP27 that it now believes climate change will be only about half as bad as previously thought.